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The Narrative of the Professional: The Value of Collegiate Forensics Participation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Forensics, or competitive speech and debate, has a history stretching back to the ancient Greeks. Although practitioners, students, and coaches have long sung its praises, limited research has been done to demonstrate the ...
Too Many American Icons: Conflicting Ideologies of Wild Horse Management in the American West
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Wild free-roaming horses in the American West continue to exist in tension with the land they inhabit, the government that “manages” them, and the people that are impacted by them. The problem, argued here, is the result ...
Looking at Perceptions of Work/Life Balance with Technology in Young Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This paper examines young adults’ perceptions of work, life, and the balance in between in light of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The intention of this study is to provide a deeper understanding of ...
Use of Impression Management Strategies in Response to a Feedback Intervention
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Providing performance feedback in a way that leads to improved performance is an integral aspect to the success of an organization. Past research shows the feedback does not always improve employee performance. Characteristics ...
Introducing Parasocial Relationships to Family Communication Scholarship: A Tripartite Model of Family Communication Patterns, Parental Management of Children’s Parasocial Relationships, and Parent-Child Bonding
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
PSRs are one-sided, emotionally-tinged relationships with media characters such as Peter Pan, Batman; Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, and Mulan; and celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Harry ...
Newspapers as a Form of Settler Colonialism: An Examination of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest and American Indian Representation in Indigenous, State, and National News
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Settler colonial history underlies much of contemporary industry, including the extraction and transportation of crude oil. It presents itself in a variety of contexts; however, this disquisition applies a traditional ...
The Dangers of International Awards: A Lesson from Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Having spent over 20 years under house arrest fighting for democracy in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has been a bastion for peace for decades. She has received many international awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize in ...
“I Love You, but Shut Up and Do Something About It.”: An Appraisal Theory Exploration of Tough Love
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This study aims to better understand tough love as a communication interaction, specifically focusing on defining and understand tough love from a receiver’s perspective. Thirteen respondents between the ages of 18-28 were ...
Pentadic Analysis of a Wyoming TV Show: The Rhetoric of Scene and Agency and Its Impact on Native American Communities
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Kenneth Burke’s Pentadic ratios are used to analyze the rhetorical choices of characters from the Cheyenne Reservation and the Sheriff’s department in the television show Longmire. The ratios reveal scene as the focus of ...
The Impact of Dissent and Workplace Freedom of Speech on Employees’ Well-Being
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This study examined the impact of dissent and workplace freedom of speech on employees’ well-being (subjective, psychological and workplace well-being). Data for the study were collected through an online survey distributed ...